Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s16.t4.2

c20.s16.t4.2

| No. | Metal | Date *ca.* | Provenance & Description | Legend | References & Remarks (Fig. Nos. from this vol. in bold) |
| 6. | Silver | 1st cent. B.C. | Karur. Legend directly incised. | *a na ti kā ṇa* (*antikaṇ*) A personal name. | S. Raju 2001: p. 158 (**Fig. at p. 161**). |
| 7. | Silver | 1st cent. B.C. | Karur. Legend directly incised in two lines. | *veḷ-i* *cāmpāṉ* (*veḷḷi cāmpāṉ*) A personal name. | A. Seetharaman 1994: No. 3. Cf. *veḷ-i* (*veḷḷi*) with *kol-i* (*kolli*) in Nos. 7 & 8, Table 1.6. (**Fig 1.24 B**) |
| 8. | Silver | 1st cent. B.C. | Karur. Legend directly incised. | *pēr-avatāṇa* (*pēravatāṇa*[*m\**]) A title. | The expression means 'one skilled in great feats of memory'; cf. Ta. *avatāṉam*, *avatāṇi* (*TL*). TNSA collections. Natana Kasinathan 1994: No. 28. K. Sridharan & K. Arjunan 1992 p. 22. (**Fig 1.24 C**) |
| 9. | Gold | 1st cent. B.C. | Karur. A bi-lingual legend in two lines; reversed as on a seal. Fish symbol at bottom. | *sātaṇ* (in Ta.) *sāti vēgi-sa* (in Pkt.) Personal name(s). | *sātaṇ*: cf. Ta. *cāttaṉ*. *sāti* may be fem. of *sātaṇ*, or the name of a person based on the asterism *svāti*. *vēgisa*: 'of Vēṅgi', a territory. K.V. Raman 1996 (with a different interpretation). |
| 10. | Gold | 1st cent. B.C. | Karur. Legend reversed as on a seal; surrounded by an ornamental border. | *bhā va ta ta sa* (*bhava-tatta-sa*) 'of Bhava-datta'. A personal name. | Pkt. influenced by Tamil orthography. cf. *pavatattaṉ* (*Cīvaka*. 1573). Sankaran Raman 2000: p. 153 (**Fig. at p. 147**). |